Most Out-of-Place Character/Item

[JC]

I'm curious what everything thinks is the most out-of-place Famicom character or item. I was playing Arkanoid a little while ago and got a little chuckle out of those cute whirling dervishes. Anyone else want to nominate a character or item?

[Jedi Master Baiter]

This guy.

[JC]

He doesn't seem too out of place to me. More like perplexing because he's so fat and still can fly.

[Doc]

Cigarettes in Metal Gear. No use for them, either.

[JC]

Remember guys! This isn't the most useless character/item. It's the most out-of-place character/item. Those may be useless, but I think they fit in with the overall goals and settings of those games.

[Doc]

Remember guys! This isn't the most useless character/item. It's the most out-of-place character/item. Those may be useless, but I think they fit in with the overall goals and settings of those games.

Cigarettes in Metal Gear fits both useless and out of place.

[JC]

Hell no they don't. That's a rough and tough, I'm-a-real-man type of game. Cigarettes fit perfectly within the image the game is trying to project.

[Doc]

Hell no they don't. That's a rough and tough, I'm-a-real-man type of game. Cigarettes fit perfectly within the image the game is trying to project.

Then how come it told you NOT to smoke them?

[JC]

Because it's a game for kids, duh!

[nintendodork]

I think it's time to brush the dust off of this extremely old thread.  I have nothing to contribute to it, but I'm sure someone does.

[MS-DOS4]

I do. You use your smokes to uncover lasers in MGS. You don't need too, but I guess that's their only purpose.

[nintendodork]

Their function is what makes them not out-of-place, not the fact that they don't do anything else.  I get it.

[Medisinyl]

I'm surprised this thread didn't get more serious responses.  Perhaps I'll think of something and come back to this.  I know there have been times I've seen out of place things in games (and I'm assuming this thread is mostly referring to 8 or 16 bit games). 

[nintendodork]

Well, it is in the Famicom/Disk System section.

[UglyJoe]

The cigarettes in Metal Gear do have a use.

SPOILERS!
After you blow up the metal gear, the base starts its self-destruct system.  You now have a limited amount of time to kill Big Boss and escape the base.  If you use the cigarettes at this point, it'll reset the countdown clock.
END SPOILERS!